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You Know You're Too Hi-Tech If ...

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:46 pm
by Samray
- You haven't played solitaire with a real deck of cards in years.

- You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.

- You call your son's beeper to let him know that it is time to eat. He emails you back from his bedroom, "What's for dinner?"

- Your daughter sells Girl Scout Cookies via her web site.

- You chat several times a day with someone from South Africa, but you haven't spoken with your next door neighbor yet this year.

- Your daughter just bought a single CD of all the records your college roommate used to play.

- Your grandmother clogs up your email inbox asking you to send her a JPEG file of your newborn so she can create a screen saver.

- You buy a computer and a week later it is out of date and now sells for half the price you paid.

- The concept of using real money, instead of credit or debit, to make a purchase is foreign to you.

- You consider second-day air delivery painfully slow.

- Your reason for not staying in touch with family is that they do not have email

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:05 pm
by Kwackerz
Oh so true!!!! :smt005 :smt005 :smt012

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:02 pm
by BikerGran
Oh dear and I didn't think I was hi-tech at all! :smt003

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:46 am
by Gio
Wonder what it'll be like when it costs £5 just to boot up your computer in electricity prices.

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:44 pm
by Samray
12 Step Program Of Recovery For Web Addicts

1) I will have a cup of coffee in the morning and read my PAPER newspaper like I used to, before the Web.

2) I will eat breakfast with a knife and fork and not with one hand typing.

3) I will get dressed before noon.

4) I will make an attempt to clean the house, wash clothes, and plan dinner before even thinking of the Web.

5) I will sit down and write a letter to those unfortunate few friends and family that are Web-deprived.

6) I will call someone on the phone who I cannot contact via the Web.

7) I will read a book... if I still remember how.

8) I will listen to those around me about their needs and stop telling them to turn the TV down so I can hear the music on the Web.

9) I will not be tempted during TV commercials to check for email.

10) I will try and get out of the house at least once a week, if it is necessary or not.

11) I will remember that my bank is not forgiving if I forget to balance my checkbook because I was too busy on the Web.

12) Last, but not least, I will remember that I must go to bed sometime... and the Web will always be there tomorrow!

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:46 pm
by Fausto
Well I must be pretty low tech then.

Is this list compiled from personal experience Samray?

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:39 pm
by BikerGran
Samray wrote:

3) I will get dressed before noon.

4) I will make an attempt to clean the house, wash clothes, and plan dinner before even thinking of the Web.

12) Last, but not least, I will remember that I must go to bed sometime... and the Web will always be there tomorrow!



Oh well at least I'm not alone! I feel much better now!

:smt024 :smt003

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:11 am
by Samray
Fausto wrote:Well I must be pretty low tech then.

Is this list compiled from personal experience Samray?
The list was copied. :smt002
How many may apply is a different matter ! :smt012